Mercedes-Benz Metris Operator's Manual page 200

198 Breakdown assistance
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Insert the screwdriver into the towing eye and
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turn the towing eye counter-clockwise.
Unscrew and remove the towing eye.
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Insert cover 1 with the lug at the top and
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press it in at the bottom until it engages.
Stow the towing eye and the screwdriver with
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the vehicle tool kit.
R R ear to ear towing eye wing eye
Rear towing eye under the bumper
When towing away or tow-starting a vehicle,
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attach the towing device to rear towing eye
2.
If the vehicle is equipped with a trailer tow
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hitch, attach the towing device to the trailer
tow hitch ( page 244).
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Observe the notes on permissible towing meth-
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ods ( page 194).
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T T o o w w -st -star arting t ting the v he vehicle (v ehicle (vehicle emerg ehicle emergency st
* N N O O TE TE Damage to the automatic transmis-
sion due to tow starting
The automatic transmission may be damaged
in the process of tow starting vehicles with
automatic transmission.
Vehicles with automatic transmission
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must not be tow started.
Observe the notes and information on starting
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assistance ( page 189).
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Electrical fuses Electr ical fuses
N N o o t t es on electr es on electrical fuses
& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of accident and injury due
to overloaded lines
If you manipulate or bridge a faulty fuse or if
you replace it with a fuse with a higher amper-
age, the electric line could be overloaded.
This could result in a re.
Always replace faulty fuses with speci ed
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new fuses containing the correct amper-
age.
If the new fuse which has been inserted also
blows, have the cause traced and recti ed at a
quali ed specialist workshop.
The fuse allocation chart and the information on
the fuses can be found in the "Fuse allocation
chart" Supplement.
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The vehicle tool kit storage location depends on
the equipment version of the vehicle.
The following are examples of storage locations:
In the seat base of the le front seat
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In the rear storage compartment
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In the tool holder in the cargo compartment
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Apart from some country-speci c variants, vehi-
cles without a spare wheel are not equipped with a
tire-changing tool.
If your vehicle is equipped with a tire-change tool
ency star art) t)
kit, you can nd it in the vehicle tool kit.
If the vehicle tool kit is stored in the driver's seat
base, you can nd the jack in a separate holder at
the rear of the cargo compartment on the right-
hand side (
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Some tools for changing a wheel are speci c to
the vehicle. For more information on which tire-
change tools are required and approved for per-
forming a wheel change on your vehicle, consult a
quali ed specialist workshop.
Required tire-change tool kit may include the fol-
lowing, for example:
Jack
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Wheel wrench
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Ratchet wrench
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ical fuses
he vehicle t ehicle tool kit ool kit
page 200).